The Israeli football champions are the winners of the highest league in the Israeli football, which is currently the Israeli Premier League. Teams in Italic are those who won the double of League Championship and the Israeli State Cup.

Maccabi Tel Aviv have 18 titles, having the record for most titles won. Hapoel Petah Tikva in 1958–1963 is the only club to have retained the League title for five consecutive seasons.

Contents 1 Pre–independence (1931–1947) 2 Israeli League (1949–1950), Liga Alef (1951–1954) 3 Liga Leumit (1954–1999) 4 Israeli Premier League (1999–present) 5 Performance by club 6 Performance by cities 7 Performance by districts 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Pre–independence (1931–1947)

Season	Winner (number of titles)
001931–32[1]	British Police (1)
1932–33	Not held
1933–34	Hapoel Tel Aviv (1)
001934–35[2]	Hapoel Tel Aviv (2)
001935–36[3]	Maccabi Tel Aviv (1)
1936–37	Maccabi Tel Aviv (2)
001937–38[4]	Hapoel Tel Aviv (3)
001938–39[5]	No Champion
1939–40	Hapoel Tel Aviv (4)
1940–41	Not held
1941–42	Maccabi Tel Aviv (3)
1942–43	Not Finished
1943–44	Hapoel Tel Aviv (5)
1944–46	Not held
1946–47	Maccabi Tel Aviv (4)

Italic indicates Double winners – i.e. League and State Cup winners

[edit] Israeli League (1949–1950), Liga Alef (1951–1954)

Season	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third Place	Leading Goalscorer(s) (number of goals)
1949–50	Maccabi Tel Aviv (5)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hapoel Haifa	0Yosef Merimovich (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (25)
1950–51	Not held
1951–52	Maccabi Tel Aviv (6)	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Hapoel Haifa	0Yehoshua Glazer (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (24)
1952–53	Not held
1953–54	Maccabi Tel Aviv (7)	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Hapoel Petah Tikva	0Eliezer Spiegel (Maccabi Petah Tikva) (16)

Italic indicates Double winners – i.e. League and State Cup winners

[edit] Liga Leumit (1954–1999)

Season	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third Place	Leading Goalscorer(s) (number of goals)
1954–55	Hapoel Petah Tikva (1)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0Nisim Elmaliah (Beitar Tel Aviv) (30)
1955–56	Maccabi Tel Aviv (8)	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0Avraham Levi (Beitar Tel Aviv) 0Michael Michaelov (Beitar Tel Aviv) (16)
1956–57	Hapoel Tel Aviv (6)	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0Avraham Ginzburg (Hapoel Haifa) (16)
1957–58	Maccabi Tel Aviv (9)	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Maccabi Haifa	0Rafi Levi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (14)
1958–59	Hapoel Petah Tikva (2)	Hapoel Haifa	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0Aharon Amar (Maccabi Haifa) (17)
1959–60	Hapoel Petah Tikva (3)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Hapoel Haifa	0Rafi Levi (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (19)
1960–61	Hapoel Petah Tikva (4)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hapoel Haifa	0Shlomo Levi (Hapoel Haifa) 0Zharia Ratzabi (Hapoel Petah Tikva) (15)
1961–62	Hapoel Petah Tikva (5)	Maccab Jaffa	Hapoel Tiberias	0Shlomo Levi (Hapoel Haifa) 0Itzhak Nizri (Hapoel Tiberias) (16)
1962–63	Hapoel Petah Tikva (6)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Maccab Jaffa	0Zharia Ratzabi (Hapoel Petah Tikva) (12)
1963–64	Hapoel Ramat Gan (1)	Maccab Jaffa	Hapoel Petah Tikva	0Israel Ashkenazi (Maccabi Jaffa) (21)
1964–65	Hakoah Ramat Gan (1)	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0Israel Ashkenazi (Maccabi Jaffa) 0Itzhak Mizrahi (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) (18)
1965–66	Hapoel Tel Aviv (7)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Hapoel Petah Tikva	0Moshe Romano (Shimshon Tel Aviv) 0Mordechai Spiegler (Maccabi Nethanya) (17)
1966–68	Maccabi Tel Aviv (10)	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Hapoel Haifa	0Mordechai Spiegler (Maccabi Nethanya) (38)
1968–69	Hapoel Tel Aviv (8)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Maccabi Netanya	0Mordechai Spiegler (Maccabi Nethanya) (25)
1969–70	Maccabi Tel Aviv (11)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Maccabi Haifa	0Moshe Romano (Shimshon Tel Aviv) (15)
1970–71	Maccabi Netanya (1)	Shimshon Tel Aviv	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0Eli Ben-Rimoz (Hapoel Jerusalem) (20)
1971–72	Maccabi Tel Aviv (12)	Beitar Jerusalem	Hakoah Ramat Gan	0Yehouda Shaharabani (Hakoah Ramat Gan) (21)
1972–73	Hakoah Ramat Gan (2)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hapoel Jerusalem	0Moshe Romano (Beitar Tel Aviv) (18)
1973–74	Maccabi Netanya (2)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Beitar Jerusalem	0Benny Alon (Hapoel Haifa) (15)
1974–75	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (1)	Maccabi Netanya	Hapoel Haifa	0Moshe Romano (Shimshon Tel Aviv) (17)
1975–76	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2)	Beitar Jerusalem	Hapoel Haifa	0Oded Machnes (Maccabi Nethanya) (21)
1976–77	Maccabi Tel Aviv (13)	Maccab Jaffa	Beitar Jerusalem	0Vicky Peretz (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (17)
1977–78	Maccabi Netanya (3)	Beitar Jerusalem	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0David Lavi (Maccabi Nethanya) (16)
1978–79	Maccabi Tel Aviv (14)	Beitar Jerusalem	Maccabi Netanya	0Oded Machnes (Maccabi Nethanya) 0Eli Miali (Beitar Jerusalem) (18)
1979–80	Maccabi Netanya (4)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Shimshon Tel Aviv	0David Lavi (Maccabi Nethanya) (18)
1980–81	Hapoel Tel Aviv (10)	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Maccab Jaffa	0Hertzel Fitusi (Maccabi Petah Tikva) (22)
1981–82	Hapoel Kfar Saba (1)	Maccabi Netanya	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	0Oded Machnes (Maccabi Nethanya) (26)
1982–83	Maccabi Netanya (5)	Shimshon Tel Aviv	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0Oded Machnes (Maccabi Nethanya) (22)
1983–84	Maccabi Haifa (1)	Beitar Jerusalem	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0David Lavi (Maccabi Nethanya) (16)
1984–85	Maccabi Haifa (2)	Beitar Jerusalem	Shimshon Tel Aviv	0David Lavi (Maccabi Nethanya) (18)
1985–86	Hapoel Tel Aviv (10)	Maccabi Haifa	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0Uri Malmilian (Beitar Jerusalem) 0Doron Rabinzon (Maccabi Petah Tikva) (14)
1986–87	Beitar Jerusalem (1)	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0Eli Yani (Hapoel Kfar Saba) (16)
1987–88	Hapoel Tel Aviv (11)	Maccabi Netanya	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0Zahi Armeli (Maccabi Haifa) (25)
1988–89	Maccabi Haifa (3)	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Maccabi Netanya	0Benny Tabak (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (18)
1989–90	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (1)	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Maccabi Haifa	0Uri Malmilian Maccabi Tel Aviv) (16)
1990–91	Maccabi Haifa (4)	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Beitar Tel Aviv	0Nir Levine (Hapoel Petah Tikva) (20)
1991–92	Maccabi Tel Aviv (15)	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Maccabi Haifa	0Alon Mizrahi (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) (20)
1992–93	Beitar Jerusalem (2)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	0Alon Mizrahi (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) (26)
1993–94	Maccabi Haifa (5)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0Alon Mizrahi (Maccabi Haifa) (28)
1994–95	Maccabi Tel Aviv (16)	Maccabi Haifa	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0Haim Revivo (Maccabi Haifa) 0Amir Turgeman (Maccabi Ironi Ashdod) (17)
1995–96	Maccabi Tel Aviv (17)	Maccabi Haifa	Beitar Jerusalem	0Haim Revivo (Maccabi Haifa) (26)
1996–97	Beitar Jerusalem (3)	Hapoel Petah Tikva	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	0Motti Kakoun (Hapoel Petah Tikva) (21)
1997–98	Beitar Jerusalem (4)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hapoel Haifa	0Alon Mizrahi (Maccabi Haifa) (18)
1998–99	Hapoel Haifa (1)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Maccabi Haifa	0Andrzej Kubica (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (21)

Italic indicates Double winners – i.e. League and State Cup winners

[edit] Israeli Premier League (1999–present)

Season	Winner (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third Place	Leading Goalscorer(s) (number of goals)
1999–2000	Hapoel Tel Aviv (12)	Maccabi Haifa	Hapoel Petah Tikva	0Assi Tubi (Maccabi Petah Tikva) (27)
2000–01	Maccabi Haifa (6)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Hapoel Haifa	0Avi Nimni (Maccabi Tel Aviv) (25)[6]
2001–02	Maccabi Haifa (7)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0Kobi Refua (Maccabi Petah Tikva) (18)
2002–03	Maccabi Tel Aviv (18)	Maccabi Haifa	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0Yaniv Abargil (Hapoel Kfar Saba) (18) 0Shay Holtzman (Ironi Rishon Lezion / F.C. Ashdod) (18)
2003–04	Maccabi Haifa (8)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Maccabi Petah Tikva	0Ofir Haim (Hapoel Be'er Sheva) 0Shay Holtzman (F.C. Ashdod) (16)
2004–05	Maccabi Haifa (9)	Maccabi Petah Tikva	F.C. Ashdod	0Roberto Colautti (Maccabi Haifa) (19)
2005–06	Maccabi Haifa (10)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Beitar Jerusalem	0Shay Holtzman (F.C. Ashdod) (18)
2006–07	Beitar Jerusalem (5)	Maccabi Netanya	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0Yaniv Azran (F.C. Ashdod) (15)
2007–08	Beitar Jerusalem (6)	Maccabi Netanya	Ironi Kiryat Shmona	0Samuel Yeboah (Hapoel Kfar Saba) (15)
2008–09	Maccabi Haifa (11)	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Beitar Jerusalem	0Barak Yitzhaki (Beitar Jerusalem) 0Shimon Abuhatzira (Hapoel Petah Tikva) 0Eliran Atar (Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv) (14)

Italic indicates Double winners – i.e. League and State Cup winners

[edit] Performance by club

Thirteen clubs have been champions.

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Maccabi Tel Aviv	18	1935–36, 1936–37, 1941–42, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1957–58, 1966–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2002–03,
Hapoel Tel Aviv	12	1933–34, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1942–43, 1956–57, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1999–2000
Maccabi Haifa	11	1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09
Beitar Jerusalem	6	1986–87, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2006–07, 2007–08
Hapoel Petah Tikva	6	1954–55, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63
Maccabi Netanya	5	1970–71, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1982–83
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2	1974–75, 1975–76
Hakoah Ramat Gan	2	1964–65, 1972–73
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	1	1989–90
British Police	1	1931–32
Hapoel Haifa	1	1998–99
Hapoel Kfar Saba	1	1981–82
Hapoel Ramat Gan	1	1963–64

Italic indicates Double winners – i.e. League and State Cup winners

[edit] Performance by cities

Thirteen clubs have been champions, from a total of eight cities. Most have come from the city of Tel Aviv.

City	Number of titles	Clubs
Tel Aviv	31	Maccabi Tel Aviv (18), Hapoel Tel Aviv (12), Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (1)
Haifa	12	Maccabi Haifa (11), Hapoel Haifa (1)
Jerusalem	6	Beitar Jerusalem (6)
Petah Tikva	6	Hapoel Petah Tikva (6)
Netanya	5	Maccabi Netanya (5)
Ramat Gan	3	Hakoah Ramat Gan (2), Hapoel Ramat Gan (1)
Be'er Sheva	2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2)
Kfar Sava	1	Hapoel Kfar Saba (1)
-	1	British Police (1)

[edit] Performance by districts

Thirteen clubs have been champions, from a total of five districts. Most have come from the Tel Aviv District.

District	Number of titles	Clubs
Tel Aviv	34	Maccabi Tel Aviv (18), Hapoel Tel Aviv (12), Hakoah Ramat Gan (2), Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (1), Hapoel Ramat Gan (1)
Center	12	Hapoel Petah Tikva (6), Maccabi Netanya (5), Hapoel Kfar Saba (1)
Haifa	12	Maccabi Haifa (11), Hapoel Haifa (1)
Jerusalem	6	Beitar Jerusalem (6)
South	2	Hapoel Be'er Sheva (2)
North	0	-
-	1	British Police (1)

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

1. "Israel - All-Time Table". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/israalltime.html. Retrieved July 29, 2009. 
2. "Israel - List of Champions". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/israchamp.html. Retrieved July 29, 2009. 
3. "Israel - List of Final Tables". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/israhist.html. Retrieved July 29, 2009. 
4. "Isreal - Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/isratops.html. Retrieved July 29, 2009. 

[edit] External links

• Israel Football Association
• Israeli Premier League Soccerway

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